some findings from the townsend thai monthly survey

... about the relative safety of other tobacco products: findings from the ITC collaboration Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2007, 9:1033-1042 Fagerstrom K: The nicotine market: an attempt to estimate the ... asked whether they are more harmful or the same Two measures were created with 1) “Less harmful” vs “All other responses,” and 2) “A LOT less harmful” vs “All other responses” Because there is ... were asked whether they are a lot less harmful or less harmful Respondents who said “no” were asked whether they are more harmful or the same A dichotomous measure was created with the correct...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 18:20

... saying they learned about the vaccine from a provider Advertisements 62% Source: Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, 2008 Key Findings from the Kaiser Women’s Health Survey ... in the retirement years when they may live on fixed incomes Over six in ten women working outside the home report that their employers offer them these benefits Despite the importance of these ... strains their household finances One-third (32%) say that the caregiving itself results in a lot of stress Key Findings from the Kaiser Women’s Health Survey 39 METHODS The data in the Kaiser...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 10:20

... encourages the seeking of professional help for problems that are assumed to derive from individual distress, or from the internalization of the stigma ascribed to homosexuality by some [58] Further, the ... lack of contact for the followup survey may also have influenced the estimates derived from the study sample Although the follow-back survey oversampled for sexual minorities, the cell sizes for ... the data analyses, and drafted the paper; LG conducted the statistical analyses and contributed to the interpretation of findings and writing of the paper; VMM collaborated on the design of the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 17:20

... is given by the following formula: W = W1 * W2 * f1 * f2 * f3 * f4 where W1 = the inverse of the probability of selecting the school W2 = the inverse of the probability of selecting the classroom ... Forms 2–4) In the following factors, the "Never or Zero" category was recoded as "No" and the rest of the categories as "Yes" During the past 30 days, how often did you go hungry because there was ... Characteristics of the study participants Altogether 7341 students participated in the survey Most of the students were females (63.8%), were of age 15 years or more (42.5%), and were in their 6th to...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... disorders [35, 36] The exclusion of the impact supplement from the survey pack may have reduced the reliability of the screening thresholds for conduct and emotional disorders as defined by the respective ... controlled for by the introduction of a random intercept to the model Nevertheless, given the clearly hierarchical nature of the data and the risk of dependency amongst residuals from observations ... derived from the summed scores of the former four of these five subscales (the total difficulties score) The SDQ has been validated against semi-structured diagnostic interviews in terms of the instruments...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:22

... reduce the generalizability of the results, and the findings may therefore not apply to the general population The present study and the study by Gjesdal and Bratberg [10] are to our knowledge the ... for these analyses Methodological issues The DWECS/DREAM study provides data from a large representative sample of the Danish working population Further, selection bias is minimized from the ... obtained, the system will in those cases overwrite the codes when the information is updated Disability pension though, always has the higher priority In the present study we have analysed the determinants...

Ngày tải lên: 26/10/2012, 10:03

... Background • The degree of risk to the Army if the issue is not resolved • The degree to which the AMEDD is in control of the resolution of the issue • The specificity of the issue • Whether the future ... operations Nevertheless, given the commonality of the findings of the three separate teams during the three workshops pertaining to the HSS system, they deserve attention The workshops also show the importance ... importance to the Army, resolvable by the AMEDD, and tractable (will lend themselves to analysis) Furthermore, RAND recommended that the results from the analysis of these issues should enable the AMEDD...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 17:20

... submitted to the MOH’s Division of STI/HIV/AIDS for funding by the World Bank Mainstreaming within the Ministries of Education, Sports, and Youth Based on the findings from the pilot study, the Ministry ... used findings from the pilot study in their youth interventions Scaling up ARH activities in the experimental zones and in other areas of Senegal a Fifteen “Technical Forms” describing the nature, ... dissemination about the findings from the pilot project and the launch of the national ARH policy among regional and district level medical staff and their partners in the region of Kolda and...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 17:20

... activities, with some input from others We handle our own social media activities, without any input from other units 4% 3% 12% 59% 22% CASE Social Media Survey • Summary Topline Findings • April ... institutions about their social media activities Last year’s inaugural study was, from what we could tell, one of the first studies conducted of the institutions themselves about how they use social ... involvement with the use of social media Another unit manages all of our social media activities, without any input from us Another unit manages all of our social media activities, with input from us...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 19:20

... determine whether the difference between two groups was meaningful The difference between the two groups must have been statistically significant and the relative difference between the two groups ... medicines Summary Four themes from the 2010 NHQR and 2010 NHDR emphasize the need to accelerate progress if the Nation is to achieve higher quality and more equitable health care in the near future ... are important goals l From 2000 to 2008, the rate of short-stay residents with pressure sores fell from 22.6% to 18.9% For high-risk long-stay residents, the rate fell from 13.9% to 11.7% Rates...

Ngày tải lên: 14/03/2014, 14:20

... visited the work site and in some cases reviewed the systems changes resulting from the Fellow's recommendations In total, the research team conducted over 100 NGO Partner interviews Members of the ... maximize the probability of high impact assignments within the shorter time frame Another strategic issue raised by the evaluation results is program design The study raises the question of whether ... on the Fellows themselves, their professional development, and the pride and satisfaction of the Fellows' work groups at Pfizer Fellows reported believing that their experience dealing with sometimes...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... without clinical or laboratory confirmation These limitations are the same for most survey- based methodologies Conclusion The EQ-5D results from the SHIELD survey show that respondents with type diabetes ... the conception, design and coordination of the SHIELD study and helped to draft the manuscript KF performed the statistical analysis and drafted the manuscript All authors read and approved the ... evidence of the impact of type diabetes and high risk on HRQoL in a large sample with a high survey response rate Moreover, the respondents are representative of the U.S population, and the evaluation...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 22:20

... used for the analysis of the growth data With respect to the applied amendment (CCB) the evaluation of the growth vitality of forest tree species plants at the evaluated age also comprised the nutrient ... representation in the stand composition) from each taxon used for the reforestation of the state of reclamation “A” and “B” Fig Tilia cordata Mill and Pinus nigra Arn in the treatment with the application ... the treatment with the application of CCB J FOR SCI., 55, 2009 (3): 137–144 Fig Fraxinus excelsior L in the treatment with the application of CCB Fig Populus tremula L in the treatment with the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:21

... from month to month and for which data were not available to validate these reports These items include queries on the number of times the team met with each other, the senior leadership or the ... if any of the changes, whether monthly or quarterly, were significantly different from zero To demonstrate the ability of the measure to track changes over time, we also graphed the bimonthly numbers ... months The robustness of these findings provides additional validation of the responsiveness and stability properties of the TCT Measure validity Construct validity Table presents findings from the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2014, 11:20

... hospitalization) At baseline, the patients were asked about the frequency of exacerbations in the previous year The number of exacerbations during the year after the baseline visit was recorded ... evaluate the degree of emphysema [13] The CT scans were evaluated at the central imaging unit at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Emphysema was assessed by the percentage of the lung ... To compare the limits of agreement between % and number/ml, the data were log transformed before calculating the limits of agreement These data were then back-transformed to express the limits...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 11:22

... in the interpretation of findings and drafting of manuscript ASM participated in the interpretation of the findings and drafting of the manuscript ER participated in the interpretation of the findings ... whether they smoked cigarettes in the previous 30 days Altogether 15.8% of the respondents reported having smoked cigarettes in the previous 30 days There was no significant difference in the ... data from the Somaliland GYTS conducted in 2004 The Somaliland GYTS was a school-based survey of students in public primary classes to 8, and Secondary These classes were selected because they...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 13:21

... compiled the results, conducted the analyses, and drafted the manuscript SKA participated in the design of the survey and helped to draft the manuscript NAA participated in the design of the survey ... draft the manuscript GBD participated in the design of the survey and helped to draft the manuscript SL participated in the design of the survey, assisted with the analyses and helped to draft the ... subjects from members of the Critical Care Assembly of the American Thoracic Society with a US mailing address The study was reviewed by the Planning Committee of the Assembly and approved by the...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 16:21

... as the primary meal preparer, self-identification as the primary grocery shopper, whether the diary day was a weekend, whether the diary day was in the summer, whether the diary day came from ... caring for others, and shopping [18].c While their low cooperation rate (17 percent) and the focus only on women limits the generalizability of their study’s findings, the results are nonetheless ... conceived the idea and wrote the first draft of the manuscript RBS and CDZ analyzed the data CDZ, RBS, and WKB all contributed to the development of the empirical approach, the analysis, and the interpretation...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 08:20

... previously, the data for this study is collected from ten excerpts of the interviews from the American television talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, or the Ellen Show as the original name The talk ... this very first part of the thesis, the readers would find background information to the study The historical context of the intonation issue with relevant theories and the justifications for ... first, then come the aims and research questions of the study The third part concerns with the scope of the study, followed by the methods and significance of this research A brief description on the...

Ngày tải lên: 28/03/2015, 09:23